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Index Vi

vi is a screen-oriented text editor originally created for the Unix operating system. [1]

93 relations: "Hello, World!" program, ADM-3A, Amiga, Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Apple Inc., AT&T Corporation, Atari ST, Berkeley Software Distribution, Bill Joy, Bravo (software), BSD licenses, BusyBox, C (programming language), Common Development and Distribution License, Comparison of text editors, Computer keyboard, DECtape, Digital Equipment Corporation, Direct-view bistable storage tube, Display device, Ed (text editor), Elvis (text editor), Emacs, Esc key, Ex (text editor), Free and open-source software, Free software, FreeBSD, Function key, Gedit, George Coulouris (computer scientist), Graphical user interface, Hacker culture, Hard link, Hewlett-Packard, HP-UX, Human–computer interaction, IBM, IBM AIX, IBM PC keyboard, IBM Personal Computer, Intel 80386, Interactive Systems Corporation, KateOS, Keith Bostic, Ken Thompson, Lear Siegler, Line editor, Linux Journal, List of text editors, ..., List of Unix commands, Lynne Jolitz, MacOS, Mary Ann Horton, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MicroEMACS, MINIX, Mode (computer interface), NetBSD, Nvi, OpenSolaris, POSIX, Queen Mary University of London, Rob Pike, Single UNIX Specification, Slackware, Solaris (operating system), Stevie (text editor), Sudo, Sun Microsystems, Symbol rate, Syntax highlighting, Tab key, Tektronix 4010, Teleprinter, Termcap, Terminfo, Text editor, The Register, Tim O'Reilly, Touch typing, Tru64 UNIX, University of California, Berkeley, Unix, UNIX System V, Unix-like, Usenet, VAX, Vile (editor), Vim (text editor), Visual editor, William Jolitz, 386BSD. Expand index (43 more) »

"Hello, World!" program

A "Hello, World!" program is a computer program that outputs or displays "Hello, World!" to a user.

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ADM-3A

The ADM-3A was one of the first video display terminals.

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Amiga

The Amiga is a family of personal computers introduced by Commodore in 1985.

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Andrew S. Tanenbaum

Andrew Stuart Tanenbaum (born March 16, 1944), sometimes referred to by the handle ast, is an American-Dutch computer scientist and professor emeritus of computer science at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands.

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Apple Inc.

Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software, and online services.

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AT&T Corporation

AT&T Corp., originally the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, is the subsidiary of AT&T that provides voice, video, data, and Internet telecommunications and professional services to businesses, consumers, and government agencies.

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Atari ST

The Atari ST is a line of home computers from Atari Corporation and the successor to the Atari 8-bit family.

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Berkeley Software Distribution

Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) was a Unix operating system derivative developed and distributed by the Computer Systems Research Group (CSRG) of the University of California, Berkeley, from 1977 to 1995.

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Bill Joy

William Nelson Joy (born November 8, 1954) is an American computer scientist.

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Bravo (software)

Bravo was the first WYSIWYG document preparation program.

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BSD licenses

BSD licenses are a family of permissive free software licenses, imposing minimal restrictions on the use and redistribution of covered software.

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BusyBox

BusyBox is software that provides several stripped-down Unix tools in a single executable file.

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C (programming language)

C (as in the letter ''c'') is a general-purpose, imperative computer programming language, supporting structured programming, lexical variable scope and recursion, while a static type system prevents many unintended operations.

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Common Development and Distribution License

Common Development and Distribution License (CDDL) is a free and open-source software license, produced by Sun Microsystems, based on the Mozilla Public License (MPL).

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Comparison of text editors

This article provides basic comparisons for common text editors.

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Computer keyboard

In computing, a computer keyboard is a typewriter-style device which uses an arrangement of buttons or keys to act as mechanical levers or electronic switches.

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DECtape

DECtape (originally called Microtape) is a magnetic tape data storage medium used with many Digital Equipment Corporation computers, including the PDP-6, PDP-8, LINC-8, PDP-9, PDP-10, PDP-11, PDP-12, and the PDP-15.

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Digital Equipment Corporation

Digital Equipment Corporation, also known as DEC and using the trademark Digital, was a major American company in the computer industry from the 1950s to the 1990s.

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Direct-view bistable storage tube

Direct-view bistable storage tube (DVBST) was an acronym used by Tektronix to describe their line of storage tubes.

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Display device

A display device is an output device for presentation of information in visual or tactile form (the latter used for example in tactile electronic displays for blind people).

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Ed (text editor)

is a line editor for the Unix operating system.

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Elvis (text editor)

Elvis is a vi/ex clone, i.e. it closely resembles the Unix text editor "vi", but adds quite a few commands and features.

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Emacs

Emacs is a family of text editors that are characterized by their extensibility.

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Esc key

On computer keyboards, the Esc key (named Escape key in the international standard series ISO/IEC 9995) is a key used to generate the escape character (which can be represented as ASCII code 27 in decimal, Unicode U+001B, or.

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Ex (text editor)

ex, short for EXtended, is a line editor for Unix systems originally written by Bill Joy in 1976, beginning with an earlier program written by Charles Haley.

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Free and open-source software

Free and open-source software (FOSS) is software that can be classified as both free software and open-source software.

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Free software

Free software or libre software is computer software distributed under terms that allow users to run the software for any purpose as well as to study, change, and distribute it and any adapted versions.

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FreeBSD

FreeBSD is a free and open-source Unix-like operating system descended from Research Unix via the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD).

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Function key

A function key is a key on a computer or terminal keyboard which can be programmed so as to cause an operating system command interpreter or application program to perform certain actions, a form of soft key.

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Gedit

gedit is the default text editor of the GNOME desktop environment and part of the GNOME Core Applications.

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George Coulouris (computer scientist)

George F. Coulouris is a British computer scientist and the son of actor George Coulouris.

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Graphical user interface

The graphical user interface (GUI), is a type of user interface that allows users to interact with electronic devices through graphical icons and visual indicators such as secondary notation, instead of text-based user interfaces, typed command labels or text navigation.

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Hacker culture

The hacker culture is a subculture of individuals who enjoy the intellectual challenge of creatively overcoming limitations of software systems to achieve novel and clever outcomes.

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Hard link

In computing, a hard link is a directory entry that associates a name with a file on a file system.

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Hewlett-Packard

The Hewlett-Packard Company (commonly referred to as HP) or shortened to Hewlett-Packard was an American multinational information technology company headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

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HP-UX

HP-UX (from "Hewlett Packard Unix") is Hewlett Packard Enterprise's proprietary implementation of the Unix operating system, based on UNIX System V (initially System III) and first released in 1984.

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Human–computer interaction

Human–computer interaction (HCI) researches the design and use of computer technology, focused on the interfaces between people (users) and computers.

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IBM

The International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States, with operations in over 170 countries.

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IBM AIX

AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive, pronounced) is a series of proprietary Unix operating systems developed and sold by IBM for several of its computer platforms.

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IBM PC keyboard

The keyboard for IBM PC-compatible computers is standardized.

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IBM Personal Computer

The IBM Personal Computer, commonly known as the IBM PC, is the original version and progenitor of the IBM PC compatible hardware platform.

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Intel 80386

The Intel 80386, also known as i386 or just 386, is a 32-bit microprocessor introduced in 1985.

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Interactive Systems Corporation

Interactive Systems Corporation (styled INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation, abbreviated ISC) was a US-based software company and the first vendor of the Unix operating system outside AT&T, operating from Santa Monica, California.

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KateOS

KateOS was a Linux distribution originally based on Slackware.

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Keith Bostic

Keith Bostic is an American Software Engineer and one of the key people in the history of Berkeley Software Distribution UNIX and Open Source software.

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Ken Thompson

Kenneth Lane "Ken" Thompson (born February 4, 1943), commonly referred to as ken in hacker circles, is an American pioneer of computer science.

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Lear Siegler

Lear Siegler Incorporated (LSI) is a diverse American corporation established in 1962.

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Line editor

In computing, a line editor is a text editor in which each editing command applies to one or more complete lines of text designated by the user.

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Linux Journal

Linux Journal is a monthly technology magazine published by Linux Journal, LLC.

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List of text editors

The following is a list of notable text editors.

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List of Unix commands

This is a list of Unix commands as specified by IEEE Std 1003.1-2008, which is part of the Single UNIX Specification (SUS).

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Lynne Jolitz

Lynne Greer Jolitz (born June 30, 1961) is a figure in free software and founded many startups in Silicon Valley with her husband William.

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MacOS

macOS (previously and later) is a series of graphical operating systems developed and marketed by Apple Inc. since 2001.

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Mary Ann Horton

Mary Ann Horton, formerly Mark R. Horton (born November 21, 1955), is a Usenet and Internet pioneer.

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.

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MicroEMACS

MicroEMACS is a small, portable Emacs-like text editor originally written by Dave Conroy in 1985, and further developed by Daniel M. Lawrence (1958–2010) and was maintained by him.

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MINIX

MINIX (from "mini-Unix") is a POSIX-compliant (since version 2.0), Unix-like operating system based on a microkernel architecture.

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Mode (computer interface)

In user interface design, a mode is a distinct setting within a computer program or any physical machine interface, in which the same user input will produce perceived results different to those that it would in other settings.

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NetBSD

NetBSD is a free and open source Unix-like operating system that descends from Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD), a Research Unix derivative developed at the University of California, Berkeley.

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Nvi

nvi (new vi) is a re-implementation of the classic Berkeley text editor, ex/vi, traditionally distributed with BSD and, later, Unix systems.

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OpenSolaris

OpenSolaris is a discontinued, open source computer operating system based on Solaris created by Sun Microsystems.

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POSIX

The Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX) is a family of standards specified by the IEEE Computer Society for maintaining compatibility between operating systems.

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Queen Mary University of London

Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) is a public research university in London, England, and a constituent college of the federal University of London.

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Rob Pike

Robert "Rob" C. Pike (born 1956) is a Canadian programmer and author.

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Single UNIX Specification

The Single UNIX Specification (SUS) is the collective name of a family of standards for computer operating systems, compliance with which is required to qualify for using the "UNIX" trademark.

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Slackware

Slackware is a Linux distribution created by Patrick Volkerding in 1993.

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Solaris (operating system)

Solaris is a Unix operating system originally developed by Sun Microsystems.

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Stevie (text editor)

STEVIE, ST Editor for VI Enthusiasts, was a clone of Bill Joy's vi editor created by Tim Thompson for the Atari ST in 1987.

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Sudo

sudo is a program for Unix-like computer operating systems that allows users to run programs with the security privileges of another user, by default the superuser.

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Sun Microsystems

Sun Microsystems, Inc. was an American company that sold computers, computer components, software, and information technology services and created the Java programming language, the Solaris operating system, ZFS, the Network File System (NFS), and SPARC.

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Symbol rate

In digital communications, symbol rate, also known as baud rate and modulation rate, is the number of symbol changes, waveform changes, or signaling events, across the transmission medium per time unit using a digitally modulated signal or a line code.

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Syntax highlighting

Syntax highlighting is a feature of text editors that are used for programming, scripting, or markup languages, such as HTML.

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Tab key

The tab key (abbreviation of tabulator key or tabular key) on a keyboard is used to advance the cursor to the next tab stop.

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Tektronix 4010

The Tektronix 4010 series was a family of text and graphics computer terminals based on the company's storage tube technology.

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Teleprinter

A teleprinter (teletypewriter, Teletype or TTY) is an electromechanical typewriter that can be used to send and receive typed messages through various communications channels, in both point-to-point and point-to-multipoint configurations.

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Termcap

Termcap (terminal capability) is a software library and database used on Unix-like computers.

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Terminfo

Terminfo is a library and database that enables programs to use display terminals in a device-independent manner.

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Text editor

A text editor is a type of computer program that edits plain text.

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The Register

The Register (nicknamed El Reg) is a British technology news and opinion website co-founded in 1994 by Mike Magee, John Lettice and Ross Alderson.

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Tim O'Reilly

Tim O'Reilly (born 6 June 1954) is the founder of O'Reilly Media (formerly O'Reilly & Associates).

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Touch typing

Touch typing (also called touch type or touch keyboarding) is typing without using the sense of sight to find the keys.

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Tru64 UNIX

Tru64 UNIX is a discontinued 64-bit UNIX operating system for the Alpha instruction set architecture (ISA), currently owned by Hewlett-Packard (HP).

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University of California, Berkeley

The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public research university in Berkeley, California.

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Unix

Unix (trademarked as UNIX) is a family of multitasking, multiuser computer operating systems that derive from the original AT&T Unix, development starting in the 1970s at the Bell Labs research center by Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, and others.

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UNIX System V

UNIX System V (pronounced: "System Five") is one of the first commercial versions of the Unix operating system.

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Unix-like

A Unix-like (sometimes referred to as UN*X or *nix) operating system is one that behaves in a manner similar to a Unix system, while not necessarily conforming to or being certified to any version of the Single UNIX Specification.

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Usenet

Usenet is a worldwide distributed discussion system available on computers.

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VAX

VAX is a discontinued instruction set architecture (ISA) developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) in the mid-1970s.

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Vile (editor)

vile is a text editor that attempts to combine the best aspects of the popular Emacs and vi editors.

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Vim (text editor)

Vim ("Vim is pronounced as one word, like Jim, not vi-ai-em. It's written with a capital, since it's a name, again like Jim." a contraction of Vi IMproved) is a clone, with additions, of Bill Joy's vi text editor program for Unix.

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Visual editor

A visual editor, or full-screen editor is computer software for editing text files using a textual or graphical user interface which displays the content (text) in an easy to look at and good view; that is, it displays a portion of the opened file and updates it in real time.

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William Jolitz

William Frederick Jolitz (born February 22, 1957), commonly known as Bill Jolitz, is an American software programmer best known for developing the 386BSD operating system from 1989 to 1994 along with his wife Lynne Jolitz.

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386BSD

386BSD, sometimes called "Jolix", is a discontinued free Unix-like operating system based on BSD, first released in 1992.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vi

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